SURFACE

Traditional consulting values on the rise

If scarcity improves value there’s no doubt mining’s remaining independent technical mining consulting leaders are going to see even more attractive terms being offered for their businesses and brands in the decade ahead. And the same can be said of the geoscientists, mining engineers and process engineers they’re competing for in a shrinking global talent pool.

Richard Roberts*
More consolidation on the horizon in the global mining technical consulting market. Image: Boliden (Aitik mine in Sweden)

More consolidation on the horizon in the global mining technical consulting market. Image: Boliden (Aitik mine in Sweden)

Ongoing consolidation of the largely privately-owned mining consulting sector in 2019 saw London-based ERM buy one of the biggest ‘pure' geology and mining consulting firms on the market, Australia's CSA...

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